Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights.
I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights.
I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
Yeah, don't you just hate all those small cars (usually white or red) with the giant tail pipe outlet and the boom boom "music" system. [censored] all of them.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
I'm sure the police would have been a bit more interested if you did. Although your defence to that would be "well you weren't going to do anything about it".
Maybe you should try and get a complaint registered against the person you spoke to. If the water had got in your eyes and temporarily blinded you it could have ended in a very nasty accident and they should at least be recording such things.
Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights.
I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
Squirted with water by some kids on a summer's day! Why don't the police take these things more seriously. It is almost as bad as the winter that I had snowballs thrown at me.
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Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights.
I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
Nowt much the Poilce will do as you've said. The other option if you really want justice is a private prosecution. A few years ago a workmate did something similar. A youth threw a beer can from a car and hit his car - very little damage was done, just a few scratches. Police didn't want to do anything. So he hired a Private detective (I think) and claimed all expenses (loss of wages etc) and costs and claimed £50 repair damage to car, total was over £400 and won. The driver didn't even turn up for court and got a nasty suprise when a bailiff arrived ;-)
In your case was it water? Did it not ruin your clothes and you need a whole new outfit. Better still, was you're feelings hurt? If so you're inline for at least a few thousand £'s compensation.
"Dervin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights.
I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
I would wait a week then go back to the police station for an update on progress.
If they don't know what you are talking about and are unable to find the details you gave them (registration number etc) you should ask them to explain their complaints procedure to you and make use of it. The police do seem to forget that they are there to serve law abiding people whether they think they have time or not. When someone advises them that a crime has been committed they are bound to follow it up.
When someone advises them that a crime has been committed they are bound to follow it up.
Actually, no.
They get to decide if it was a crime or not, and act accordingly. Thus, when I was deliberately run off the road, which I reported as attempted murder, despite having a number of witnesses to the collision and having the number plate from me and one witness, and despite me requiring hospital treatment for the injuries, and despite the van not stopping, the police decided it was a traffic accident and did not register it as a crime - there was no crime number and no followup.
They managed to rouse themselves when the local paper reported the incident and their (lack of) response, but only long enough to deny everything and then go back to whatever navel-gazing they found more interesting.
See also the recent internal memo (Norfolk police?) basically telling the members of the force not to record as a crime anything that won't get solved easily in case it spoils their performance statistics.
On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:47:04 +0100, Paul Boyd <[email hidden]>
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On 06/06/2008 21:19, Dervin said,
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What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
I would have been very tempted to empty my water bottle into his lap!
Tempting, sure, but it would be a mistake. If you check the law you'll probably find penalties for 'interfering with the operation of a motor vehicle', but no penalties for 'interfering with a cyclist'. It seems unfair, I agree, but keep in mind a car going out of control is a serious hazard. I doubt they distinguish between a stopped car and a moving vehicle in this case either. Just a thought.
OTOH, people have done it and gotten away with it. So don't do it; especially if you can be identified.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
I'd have probably tried to smack him one, although as you said, you put yourself at risk of police action if you do.
I had a similar situation where kids squirted a liquid at me whilst I was a pedestrian. I sprinted off after the car in case the lights down the road turned red; which they did. When I got closer, they bolted through the red lights.
Hopefully I scared them into not doing it to someone else in future.
Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights. What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
Kids squirting water at me? I think I would have laughed.
Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights.
I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
Demand a crime number. You have reported an assault.
Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10 yards down the road stopped at red lights.
Idiots. No need for it.
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I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
Through the red light?
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I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
Not good. But it's probably because they get militant loony [censored] like Spindrift coming in and making stuff up about motorists just because they don't like them. Not for the first time, the militants make life much more difficult for their fellow cyclists (as well as other road users).
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What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
Clearly they were [censored]. But all I can say is that I've never had water squirted at me (or anything like that) while walking or driving. Those militant cyclists who are continually self-righteous [censored] towards motorists, and spitefully campaign for anti-motorist measures, spoil it for the decent majority of cyclists. The above incident is just one unfortunate result of the "us and them" divide that the militants have carefully created between cyclists and motorists. The media's attitude towards cyclists and terms like "lycra lout" didn't just come out of nowhere, despite what some may say. Decent cyclists who encounter militants on the road and on the net should leave the militants in no doubt what they think of them, if they don't want to keep being tarred with the same brush.
